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What they call their work
Galaxy Leader Fellowship
A fellowship program that provides holistic support to directly impacted leaders, including grassroots organizers, executive directors, lawyers, advocates, and artists working to end mass incarceration.
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Criminal Justice Policy Advocacy 1 activity
- Advancing criminal justice and democratic reform through advocacySupports policy reform, community power-building, and civic engagement initiatives in communities affected by the U.S. criminal legal system. Led advocacy efforts that contributed to making prison phone calls free in Connecticut in 2021 and highlighted systemic violence in New York prisons through public attention to specific cases.
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Published Narrative Projects 1 activity
- Authoring and publishing resources on mindfulness and justiceAuthored and published the meditation guidebook Just Sit in December 2017 to support mindfulness practices in the context of social justice work.
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Flexible Grants to Grassroots Organizations 1 activity
- Funding organizations to dismantle systems of oppression and end mass incarcerationManages a $20 million annual fund to provide flexible, multi-year general operating support to organizations led by movement leaders working to dismantle systems of injustice. Since inception, has provided over $14 million in funding to frontline leaders transforming the U.S. criminal legal system, including $150,000 grants to organizations led by Galaxy Leader Fellows.
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Justice System Innovation & Inclusion Programs 1 activity
- Operating the Galaxy Leader Fellowship for justice-impacted leadersProvides a two-year fellowship program that offers holistic capacity-building support to visionary leaders directly impacted by the criminal justice system, including grassroots organizers, returning citizens, and family members of incarcerated individuals, to advance transformative solutions and criminal legal system reform.
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Documentary Film Production 1 activity
- Producing documentaries to advance social justice advocacyExecutive produced the documentaries The Hunting Ground and I Am Evidence as part of its advocacy strategy to highlight systemic failures in addressing sexual assault and evidence backlogs.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2023
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Total revenue$5K
Contributions & grants$5K100%
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1 years on record · 2023–2023
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023
Who runs it
board members · 4
- INSHA RAHMAN — DIRECTOR
- MIKE NOVOGRATZ — DIRECTOR
- ROBERT ROOKS — DIRECTOR
- XANDER SCHUTLZ — DIRECTOR
relationships · 36
Who they work with
- #REFORM Partner — Founding partner of #REFORM, an organization focused on liberating individuals unjustly stuck in the criminal justice system.
- A New Way of Life Reentry Project Partner — Grant partner promoting healing and reintegration for formerly incarcerated people.
- Acumen Fund Partner — Closely associated with the organization
- Alliance for Safety and Justice Network — Board member
- Artists for Peace and Justice Partner — Board member of Artists for Peace and Justice.
- Beat the Streets Partner — Chairman emeritus of Beat the Streets.
- Beat the Streets Providence Partner — Founded and currently serves as board member
- Californians United for a Responsible Budget Partner — Partner organization cited in support of advocacy around criminal justice and budget priorities.
- Center for Community Alternatives Partner — Alex Duran sits on the board of the Center for Community Alternatives.
- Community Board 8 in Queens Government — Aliyah serves on Community Board 8 in Queens, contributing to local policy decisions on housing, education, and development.
- Crankstart Foundation Partner — Collaborates with Galaxy Gives to advance justice and community healing.
- Forward Justice Partner — Grant partner supporting movements for justice, equity, and expanded democratic access in the U.S. South.
- Freedom House Partner — Aliyah previously worked as a field liaison at Freedom House, an international think tank focused on democracy and human rights.
- Freedom Reads Partner — Alex Duran sits on the board of Freedom Reads.
- Glamour Gals Partner — Aliyah serves on the steering committee of Glamour Gals, an organization advancing the well-being of women through mentorship and leadership development.
- Govern for America Network — Advisory board member
- Hudson River Park Friends Partner — Chairman of the board of Hudson River Park Friends.
- Jahajee Sisters Partner — Aliyah serves on the steering committee of Jahajee Sisters, an organization focused on gender justice and leadership development in the Indo-Caribbean community.
- Jazz Foundation of America Partner — Board member of the Jazz Foundation of America.
- Joyful Heart Foundation Partner — Board member of the organization
- Meadow Fund Partner — Collaborates with Galaxy Gives to advance justice and community healing.
- Medical Justice Alliance Partner — Alex Duran sits on the board of the Medical Justice Alliance.
- Mellon Foundation Partner — Collaborates with Galaxy Gives to advance justice, heal communities, and transform the future.
- NYU Langone Medical Center Partner — Closely associated with the organization
- Navigation Fund Partner — Collaborates with Galaxy Gives to advance justice and community healing.
- New York Times Partner — Collaborated with or referenced a New York Times investigation into prison guard violence.
- One Community LLC Network — Board member
- One for Democracy Network — Board president
- Princeton University Partner — Closely associated with the organization
- ReCoded Partner — Aliyah was a founding member of ReCoded, an organization creating technology job pathways for refugees.
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strategies · 3
How they approach the work
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- Directly Impacted Leadership as Catalyst for Systemic Changemethodology: directly_impacted_leadershipBy investing in and centering leaders with lived experience of the criminal justice system, we produce more effective and authentic reform, because those most impacted possess essential insight, moral authority, and strategic vision to transform oppressive systems.
- Healing-Centered Justicemethodology: healing-centered justiceBy prioritizing healing for both survivors and individuals who caused harm, we achieve justice and accountability more effectively than through punishment, because trauma-informed restoration fosters long-term community safety and systemic transformation.
- Power-Building and Redistribution Through Philanthropic Investmentmethodology: power-buildingBy directing catalytic funding and long-term support to underrepresented leaders and organizations building collective power, we drive systemic change, because redistributing resources to those excluded from decision-making shifts power structures and enables community-led solutions.